Phrase · ✉️ Formal correspondence
Me permito recordarle que la factura sigue pendiente de pago.
May I remind you that the invoice is still awaiting payment.
C1sending a reminderformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
Mepronounme, to me, myselfyo · 1st sing.permito1verb(me permito) I take the liberty ofpermitir · present · 1st sing.recordarle2verbto remind you (usted)recordar · infinitivequeconjunctionthatladeterminertheel · fem. · sing. · definitefacturanouninvoice, billfem. · sing.sigue3verbcontinues, is stillseguir · present · 3rd sing.pendienteadjectivepending, outstandingsing.deprepositionof, frompagonounpaymentmasc. · sing..
- permito → recordarle: permitirse + infinitive
- sigue → factura: subject
- pendiente → factura: agreement
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1Me permito + infinitive = may I: a polite formula for reminders. Formal register: impersonalisation, nominalisation and correspondence →
- 2recordar algo a alguien = remind someone of something; le = you (usted).
- 3seguir + adjective = still be: sigue pendiente. Verbal periphrases II: soler, dejar de, ponerse a, estar a punto de, seguir and llevar + gerund →